*AP broke the story (breaking the hearts of Politico, the Washington Post, and others in the process). However, it’s not clear if the announcement was a scoop or a leak.

*The Washington Post at first reported that Duncan was the longest-serving EdSec (leaving out Clinton’s Dick Riley). But there were no major mess-ups.

*There was more speculation and reaction (aka “analysis”) than I would have wanted from the major outlets– and less concrete information dug up about the events unfolding.

For example, we still don’t really know what prompted the announcement on Friday. There were apparently some questions from reporters to Duncan about his future plans at a Wednesday event. Given the presence of Duncan’s family it didn’t seem like it was a last-minute thing.

It’s one thing for Valerie Strauss to push that base-rallying storyline, but another thing for mainstream journalists to go along when it doesn’t really make sense. If you read them, the NEA and AFT statements about the announcement weren’t particularly vitriolic — though the BATs and other activists were obviously trying to make noise (as they should).

Speaking of King, we still don’t know when did White House decide on King, who else if anyone was on the shortlist, and did King really want the job? We don’t know anyone else who might have been asked or considered — or suggested by others (including the DNC, the unions, and the major presidential candidates).

Speaking of the Presidential race, we still don’t know what the major Democratic candidates have to say about the Duncan/King swap — yet another thing I’d like to know.